we are using DDBOOST feature for doing the backups for SQL database directly to DD. I am aware of restoring the DB's to different instance within the same server. DBA wants to restore the particular DB to different server for testing purpose. Is that possible here?
Yes, it is possible to restore to an alternate server using DDBMA. You must have the DDBMA application installed on the alternate server and run the restore from that server using the command line. This cannot be done using the SSMS plugin.
I have written some blog posts and a T-SQL scripting toolkit which helps DBA's to automate DDBMA for SQL and complete the operation you need as well as other advanced functionality. Please see the following links.
Just a question on networker and SQL server restores. When you run a restore for data base XYZ to a new location, does networker communicate with the database or only with the backup tapes?
Now if it does communicate with the database during the restore if we stop the restore won't the database hang and get stuck in RESTORING mode?
It has to communicate because if you restore it somewhere first stage is to (re)create structure as it was at the time of backup. And then data is restored back in. If you stop it, you stop it. If you lost connection or something similar happened that would cause restoring mode (eg. restore with no recovery can trigger that) or get it as explain in SQL server databases stuck in restoring state.
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Yes, it is possible to restore to an alternate server using DDBMA. You must have the DDBMA application installed on the alternate server and run the restore from that server using the command line. This cannot be done using the SSMS plugin.
I have written some blog posts and a T-SQL scripting toolkit which helps DBA's to automate DDBMA for SQL and complete the operation you need as well as other advanced functionality. Please see the following links.
Data Domain Boost for SQL – Deployment Planning Considerations for DBA's - David Muegge's Blog
SQL Server Data Domain Boost Scripting Toolkit
dmuegge/ddb-sql-toolkit · GitHub
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Dave